Finnair Reports September 2010 Traffic

Finnair's traffic grew in September 2010 by less
than 1% when compared with September the previous year. In
scheduled traffic, growth was nearly 3%. Asian traffic grew by
just under 6%, European traffic by 1.5% and domestic traffic by
under 1%.

Unit revenue for Finnair's scheduled passenger
traffic rose by just over 23% in July-September compared with the
previous year. The most significant factor in this is
strengthening growth of business travel demand in markets outside
Finland.

“Business travel demand has grown, which has
boosted price levels. Last year we sold flight tickets at campaign
prices to support load factors. Since the spring, demand has
gradually recovered,” said Finnair's SVP Communications Christer
Haglund. “Finnair's position in the world is
strengthening. In August, for the first time in Finnair's history,
the Finnish sales unit was not the company's largest; the Japanese
unit sold more.”

The passenger load factor in scheduled traffic
declined by around two percentage points, but remained at a good
level of more than 74%. In Asian traffic, the load factor was
nearly 83%.

The amount of cargo carried by Finnair grew by
more than 41% compared with September 2009.

Leisure traffic declined in September by just
over 11% compared with the previous September, due to tour
operators outside the Finnair Group transferring to use their own
flight capacity.

Of Finnair's flights, 90% arrived on
schedule in September, which represents a decline of one
percentage point from September last year. In scheduled traffic,
the punctuality was at nearly 91%, which was one and a
half percentage points lower compared with the previous September.